For The Clergy and Laity Concerned
Clergy and Laity Concerned invited MLK to Riverside Church in 1967. On April 4th, I helped convene a gathering there to mark the 59th anniversary — because this moment demands the same: an unflinching rebuke of war, a call to conscience, a revolution of values.
On Depolarization, Nonviolence and Truthtelling
Lately, I’ve been challenged to reflect on my moral and ethical commitments in a toxically polarized world. How does depolarization relate to the work for nonviolent social change? How do my identities and social location factor in?
MLK Day 2056
A vision of 2056: thirty years in the future, I explain to my adopted nephew why he should care about Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy — not just because of how many people loved him, but because of how deeply and beautifully he loved us.
